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Clariant Bags Sustainability Leadership Award 2022 Huhtamaki To Expand Man-
ufacturing Capacity At Indi-
ana Facility

H uhtamaki has announced
plans to expand its moulded
bre manufacturing unit in Ham-
mond, Indiana, as part of its invest-
ment in bre solutions. e com-
pany will invest nearly $100m to
develop a manufacturing unit with
around 23,000m² of oor space
C lariant, a focused, sustainable, to 95% of harmful N2O emissions. next to its existing facility. e in-
vestment is expected to start increas-
and innovative specialty chemical
Conrad Keijzer, Chief Executive Of-
company, today announced that it has cer at Clariant, said , “We are grate- ing by the end of next year and will
been awarded by the American Chem- ful to the ACC for acknowledging our allow Huhtamaki to supply a broad
istry Council (ACC) with the prestig- e orts with the Sustainability Leader- range of sustainable, fully recyclable
ious Sustainability Leadership Award ship Award for the second year in a and compostable, bre-based pack-
2022 in the category “Environmental row. In 2021, we were recognized for aging solutions to existing and new
Protection”. e accolade is in recog- our low-carbon footprint Glucamide customers in North America. ese
nition of Clariant’s global climate ini- surfactants, and this year for our global solutions are manufactured from
tiative, in which the company o ered N2O reduction campaign. is proves fully recycled North American raw
a free load of its nitrous oxide (N2O) our purpose-led strategy driving to- material. Huhtamaki president and
removal catalyst EnviCat N2O-S to wards sustainability transformation, CEO Charles Héaulmé said: “ e
ten nitric acid producers who did not both in our own company and for investment in this new manufactur-
have such an abatement technology our customers.” Chris Jahn, President ing capacity, adjacent to our exist-
in place yet. After strong interest and and CEO of the American Chemistry ing site in Hammond represents
numerous applications, an independ- Council, stated, “Judged by an exter- our strong belief in the future de-
ent attorney has now drawn the win- nal panel of experts, the Sustainability velopment of the region and in the
ning companies. With a combined Leadership Award recognizes outstand- continued success of our customers
annual nitric acid production of more ing initiatives led by chemical industry – both current and new.“ e expan-
than 2 million tons1, the companies visionaries advancing sustainability. sion will introduce new sustainable
will be able to reduce their N2O emis- Clariant is dedicated to developing in- bre-based products such as egg
sions by more than 4 million tons of novative products that can consider- cartons and cup carriers – manufac-
CO2 equivalents annually when using ably reduce its customers’ environmen- tured on state-of-the-art machinery
EnviCat N2O-S.2 is translates into tal footprint. We applaud Clariant on developed by Huhtamaki – to our
more than 860,000 gasoline passenger their achievement, and the impact their
vehicles driven for one year. e cata- products make on helping create a bet- portfolio in the region and drive
lyst is proven to e ectively remove up ter, more sustainable world.” production e ciency.

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